All the news that's fit to post!

Hello all of our wonderful Shantaerians and Tinkerbackers!
We thought we would give you guys and girls an update on all of the goings on here at WayForward since the Kickstarter campaign ended last week:

There were tons of amazing entries so if you haven't already, stop in and check them out!

Our PayPal Store now updates the PayPal Total automatically! It currently does this every 15 minutes so you can keep your stretch goal nail-biting to 15 minute intervals ;)

By popular request we have added an option to our PayPal Store that allows backers to manually enter a pledge amount. This option is not attached to any particular reward, so we recommend using it only for upping your existing pledge. Or simply for donating out of the kindness of your heart ^_^

We should receive the Kickstarter funds in the next few weeks. At that time we will begin contacting all KS and PayPal backers to discern who has made multiple pledges and if/how they would like them consolidated. That will let us know how many of the limited quantity reward tiers ($350 and above) are left and we will then add the remaining stock to the PayPal store. So if you are still interested in getting your art (or face) in the game, don't worry we haven't forgotten you ^_^

We are in the process of redesigning our entire website O.O When it is finished it will include a Kickstarter Forum that will be a dedicated location for all future updates and also where we conduct our voting and any other fun Half-Genie hijinks :P And best of all, this allows our amazing community an area to continue chatting away about all things Shantae!

And don't think for a second we've stopped the hype train now that the campaign is over. We have been hard at work on interviews and promotional materials to make sure everyone hears about Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. We want to hit those Stretch Goals!

Comments

I'm sorry, but where is this PayPal store and its supposed funding tally? I've looked around the Kickstarter page, the WayForward website, poked around PayPal, and even Googled and I can't find anything resembling a PayPal funding total for SHGH.

I may as well get this out now. The art direction in this iteration seems a little, well, rushed. Like the guy is using paint software that really makes curves a pain, so he goes for straight lines by preference. This is the first time I've seen Shantae's ponytail have _corners_ - from the top to the hook-nosed tip - and I'm really hoping it's just a preliminary change. ;p

I wish I had known about the Crunchyroll contest sooner; I might have tried to enter. That being said...*sigh*. In another time, another dimension, late 80's anime Shantae was a thing, and I am SO jealous of the me that got to see it, horrendous dubbing and all.

Ok then, I have a slightly more specific question, that might take a bit of explaining, so here goes. I paid for my pledge with my debit card and my main e-mail account. My Paypal account, due to some problems with Paypal that I'm trying to sort out, is linked to my secondary e-mail account, but the same credit card.

So, if I were to donate $100 with my paypal account, would it count as upping my pledge, since it's the same credit card, or would it count as a new pledge, due to the different e-mail account?

And also I want the same answer as Darmin. I've pledged $120, but I want to boost it up to $220. If I donate through Paypal, will it be added to the money I've donated already, or am I going to have to donate the whole $220? Because I probably can't really afford to donate $320.

Morning, guys! I'm sure this question is covering the comments, but I've pledged 25 bucks. I wanted to up to $200, but I didn't have internet access until recently, so I missed the boat.
Can I combine the paypal with my pledge via $175, or must I plunk the $200?
I don't mind the extra $25, but I'm curious.
Thanks for the info!

I need to learn to draw from you guys. Seriously, there are too many good artists in this world, and everyone's art in that contest was better than mine. (not that I even thought I should enter in the first place, but maybe it is better than not entering at all?)

@Joshua
"We should receive the Kickstarter funds in the next few weeks. At that time we will begin contacting all KS and PayPal backers to discern who has made multiple pledges and if/how they would like them consolidated."

forums! Woot! I am glad Wayforward is listening/reading to some of the feedbacks because a forum is a must. Plus, it will be a hella lot better to post on the forums than the comments sections since the kickstarter comments section for any projects is poorly made.

This news is just... wow! I'm so glad about the ANY pledge a that there's an update to PayPal info every 15 minutes. More importantly, I'm glad that there's gonna be a forum and just a general place to chat with other fans (I had no clue people where still chatting here on the KickStarter site as well)... I'm just so happy about this news!

Superbacker

Awesome contest, Wayforward & Crunchyroll. It was insanely ambitious, but a blast to whip up a 3D model in 4 days for the thing all the same! And an honor to lose to those winners. Some of that stuff was truly unbelievable, and the grand prize winner is adorable - it's a personal fave of mine too! Thanks for the fun week of art... stuff! :D

Hmm, will we continue to get emails with the current updates of the goings on of this games development? Or do we have to login to this new forum for updates? Updates every few months from this kickstarter would be awesome.